Have
you been at the range and had an instructor, friend, relative, or acquaintance
tell you “focus on the front sight”? I know I have. I’m sure you, and others
like you, have. It is a common phrase parroted by the experts and mimicked by
the knowledgeable, as well as the uninformed. But what does it really mean?

For those of us that live in the gun world, we often hear terms over and over. Or the experts give advice that often makes sense, but we might not fully understand it; information that might be antiquated, or doesn’t fit our body type. Sometimes this guidance can cause us to not reach our full potential when we shoot due to “not doing it right.”

On October 19, at 9:20pm, a 35 year old Virginian mother fired a single round into the air to scare away a group of boys, one of which was attacking her daughter.Now, it is early in this case and the facts are still coming out, and changing.However, this is a good case to dissect and talk about warning shots.

On Friday morning,August
16, 2013, Rodney Long climbed a fence and escaped
from a prison in Clarinda, IA. Two days
later, Long shot and wounded a Sheriff's Deputy about 10 miles northwest of
Bedford. Iowa officers, with help from
Missouri and Nebraska State Patrol, searched for Long, scouring about 16 square
miles, after the sheriff's deputy was shot.

Let’s admit it.
Ammo is expensive. High cost
makes going to the range less appetizing.
At the same time, it’s critical that anyone that carries a firearm or
has a home defense firearm, practice with that weapon. The last thing you want to do is fumble with
a firearm when your adrenaline is pumping and your life is on the line.

As the George Zimmerman case fades away, there is a lesson that everyone who carries a firearm should not forget. The decision to pull the trigger will change your life forever. It is your responsibility as a gun owner to ensure that the decision to take someone’s life is the absolute last resort.